I think the answer is that trust should be part of the equation.
"If you can't measure it, you can't manage it" is a description of how to keep track of a low-trust system. Scientists are generally conscientious people, and bean counting is demoralizing.
If there is some organizational solution, I think it should be to keep organization size small enough that it can be governed by personal relationships and trust.
Otherwise social trust takes decades to build up, and I don't think there is a quick fix.
"If you can't measure it, you can't manage it" is a description of how to keep track of a low-trust system. Scientists are generally conscientious people, and bean counting is demoralizing.
If there is some organizational solution, I think it should be to keep organization size small enough that it can be governed by personal relationships and trust.
Otherwise social trust takes decades to build up, and I don't think there is a quick fix.